Proximity and Distance: Space, Time and World War I edited by Romain Fathi and Emily Robertson

Romain Fathi (editor) and Emily Robertson (editor)

ISBN 10: 0522876536 / ISBN 13: 9780522876536

Published by Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne VIC, 2020

About this Item

Near fine condition. Slight wear at tail spine. The global magnitude of World War I has meant that proximity and distance were highly influential in the ways the conflict was conducted, and how it was experienced at tactical, political and emotional levels. This book explores how participants and observers in World War I negotiated the temporal and spatial challenges of the conflict.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Proximity and Distance: Space, Time and World War I edited by Romain Fathi and Emily Robertson
• Publisher: Melbourne University Publishing, Melbourne VIC
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0522876536
• ISBN 13: 9780522876536
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Dimensions: 24.3W x 16H x 2.3D centimeters 24.3 centimeters width by 16 centimeters height by 2.3 centimeters depth
• Weight: 0.8 kilograms
• Seller catalogs:
  • Subjects - Military History - WWI History
  • Secondhand Books

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Synopsis

The global magnitude of World War I has meant that proximity and distance were highly influential in the ways the conflict was conducted, and how it was experienced at tactical, political and emotional levels. This book explores how participants and observers in World War I negotiated the temporal and spatial challenges of the conflict. International in scope, it investigates how technology, mass media, elite diplomacy and imperial networks interacted in conjunction with proximity and distance. The authors canvass a range of approaches to the conflict, from cultural history to social, political and military history. Proximity and distance were contingencies that participants had to continually adapt to. This book documents the ways in which these adaptations were approached.

About the Author

Romain Fathi (Author)
Dr Romain Fathi is a Lecturer in History at Flinders University and an Affiliated Researcher at the Centre d'Histoire de Sciences Po in Paris. His research interests are concerned with war commemorations, World War I, and Australian war memorialisation in France. Dr Fathi publishes in French and in English, and has taught at several universities, including Sciences Po, Yale, and the University of Queensland. His latest book, Our Corner of the Somme, was published with Cambridge University Press in 2019.

Emily Robertson (Author)
Dr Emily Robertson teaches at the Strategic Defence Studies Centre at ANU and did her PhD at UNSW Canberra. Her research focuses on the role that propaganda plays in military strategy and recruiting. She has published numerous book chapters and journal articles on Australian First World War propaganda.